On 8/13/07, Allan Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I updated to the new gnome. After battling the expat problem, I was > able to get a clean emerge and an empty revdep-rebuild (with Bo's > help). > > But gnome is broken on this system (others have reported similar > problems). > > In my case basically all gnome apps, e.g. panel, gnucash, evolution, > gnome-terminal, evince fail when a normal user logs in. > > With a root login, gnome-terminal fails, but panel, gnucash, evolution > seem to work (didn't try evince as root). > > For a normal user gnome login, I use either a shell in emacs or go to > a virtual terminal and start an xterm. In any case when I try to > start a gnome app (e.g. gnucash), no output is produced, no window > appears, but the app shows up in ps x. > > I would be very appreciative for any help. > > thanks in advance, > allan gottlieb > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > >
I am experiencing similar issues to Allan, and I thought it may have something to do with user settings. So, starting from a clean slate, I created a new user and tried to log in, first with gdm and then from the console with startx. Both times with the same result. It seems to make the problem worse. I don't quite know how that could be. I then went back to my old user and started deleting all of the .folders one by one and trying to log in. Folders relevant to the problem seemed to be .gnome2 and .metacity. Perhaps it's a problem with metacity? Either way, I'm by no means a guru, but I'll try to help as much as possible. -- Dan Cowsill http://www.danthehat.net -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
